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The Role of the University in Our Time - The Legacy of Joseph Ben-David as a Guideline for Today's Challenges
Date: 21.-26.07.2009
Location: Centro Stefano Franscini, Monte Verità (CH)
The conference “The Role of the University in Our Time” shall reflect on the role, prospect and viability conditions of research universities at the beginning of the 21st century, focusing on the orientation of universities in a globalized world, the interplay of institutional autonomy and political control, the role of the unity of teaching and research, the connection between university organization and the dynamics of research, and the assessment and measurement of productivity in higher education.
Further Information & Contact: christen | at | ethik.uzh.ch
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Invited Speakers
Andrew Abbott (University of Chicago)
Michael Ben-Chaim (independent scholar, USA)
Nicolas Carayol (Université Bordeaux IV, Pessac Cedex)
William Clark (UCLA-UCSD)
Mario Coccia (National Research Council of Italy)
Roger de Weck (Zürich)
Yaron Ezrahi (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Rivka Feldhay (Tel Aviv University)
Gerd Folkers (Collegium Helveticum, Zürich)
Claudius Gellert (University of Reading)
Valentin Groebner (Universität Luzern)
Shaul Katz (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Dorothee Kimmich (Universität Tübingen)
Ilana Löwy (CNRS Villejuif)
Christoph Mandl (Universität Wien)
Richard Münch (Universität Bamberg)
Britta Padberg (Universität Bielefeld)
Dmitri Panchenko (University of St. Petersburg)
Thomas Schøtt (University of South Denmark)
Rudolf Stichweh (Universität Luzern)
Chikako Takeishi (Chuo University, Tokyo)
Anke te Heesen (Universität Tübingen)
George Weisz (McGill University)
Peter Wood (National Association of Scholars, USA)
Participants
Scientists of all disciplines are welcome to join the conference. No conference fee is charged. Please send applications for participation to christen | at | ethik.uzh.ch. Participants are expected to stay at the Centro Stefano Franscini (costs: ~1000 Swiss Francs).
Lecture Seminar
In spring semester 2009, a lecture seminar is planned to be hosted by the ETH Zurich. Further information can be obtained by: christen | at | ethik.uzh.ch
Organizing Committee
Dr. Markus Christen, Universität Zürich
Prof. Liah Greenfeld, Boston University
Prof. Michael Hagner, ETH Zürich
Marcel Herbst, Zürich
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